Should Florida probate lawyers “inherit” 25% of the Florida estate?
Involved in a Palm Beach probate and you think the estate lawyers fees are too high? Consider reading a recent Florida probate appeals decision from Florida’s 2nd District Court of Appeal, which involved Florida Probate Code Section 733.6175 and probate lawyers fees.
Florida Appeals Court Weighs in on Probate Lawyer Fees & 733.6175
- Estate = $4,594.02 personal property
- Estate = $150,000 house (Florida residence in estate)
- Florida probate lawyers fees = $39,869.24
- Probate attorneys fees $39,869.24 / Estate of $154,594.02 = 25% of the estate went to the estate Florida lawyers?
- UNCONTESTED formal administration of a Florida probate
- Consider reading the Estate of Faulkner
- 40 Florida Law Weekly D 594
- Faulkner v. Woodruff, Case No. 2D13-2165
- Judge Casanueva wrote the opinion